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- Mark on Jacob prepares for his meeting with Esau – Held on Sunday, October 27, 2013
- Dick on Covenant between Jacob and Laban – Held on Sunday, October 13, 2013
- Mark on Covenant between Jacob and Laban – Held on Sunday, October 13, 2013
- Daniel Russo on Isaac, Abimelech, and Rebekah – Held on Sunday, March 10, 2013
- Daniel Russo on The Birth of Esau and Jacob – Held on Sunday, February 24, 2013
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Author Archives: Dick
Session 18 Part I – Held on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
Changes in life, changes in our Church As the heading indicates our group continued but broadened their discussion of the changes in our church. The discussion was lively and included such topics as the changes instituted by Vatican II, nuns … Continue reading
Session 17 Part II– Held on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
Part II – Gen. 10:1 – 32 – Table of the Nations It will help if you read the notes for this chapter, http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/10. The notes make the original meaning of the passage more accessible to us. To begin you … Continue reading
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Tagged Literal Interpretation, Modern Scripture Scholarship
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Session 17 Part I – Held on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
Part I – Change in Life, in our Church Since the topic of change occupied a significant part of our group’s discussion last Sunday, I thought it best to create two posts, the first of which will deal only with … Continue reading
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Tagged Historical Method, Scripture Criticism
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Session Sixteen – Held on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Focal point – does, should, the church change? If our group is representative, two common reactions to the most recent changes in the Catholic liturgy: first is to think that they are merely changes in words and / or second … Continue reading
Session Fifteen – Held on Sunday, January 29, 2012
Review of Session Fourteen Carol made two keen observations last week. First she noted that Noah has not said anything in this story. And second, that we are told the names of the men but not the names of the … Continue reading
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Scholar emphasizes New Testament’s Jewish roots
A brief article http://usat.ly/xF1UjS that points to the effort among scholars to create a much needed mutual understanding of people of different faiths; in this case, between persons of the Jewish and Christian faiths. After all, Jesus was a Jew, … Continue reading
Session Fourteen – Held on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Discussion of Sources of our Different Opinions Our group easily recognizes that people have different opinions on a whole array of things. Some of those differences are matters of true and false, right and wrong. And these kinds of differences … Continue reading
Catholic Statements on Faith and Science and on the Authorship of the Biblical Account of Noah and the Flood
I wish to respond in a thoughtful way to the comments that address the very approach being taken in our adult study of the scripture. The comment http://rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com/?p=317#comments seem to make a number of assumptions. I think one is that a … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Position, Literal Interpretation, Science and Religion
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Session Thirteen – Held on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Discussion of Website Comments The group discussed briefly the content of a comment concerning the literal interpretation of the biblical account of Noah and the Flood. The group as a whole has found the adult study effort to be worthwhile … Continue reading
Session Twelve – Held on Sunday, January 8, 2012
Review of Session Eleven: What would life be like if there weren’t differences among us? Well pretty boring; yet when differences are basic and in the area of faith, those differences are challenging. To rise to the level of our … Continue reading
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